GUEST OPINION: United States walks walk on free speech

By KEN PAULSON
First Amendment Center
At the height of the controversy over the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act debate, critics of the bills described them as an assault on Internet freedom and the subversion of the First Amendment.

The advocates had a point. The proposed laws were arguably overbroad, and we should all be very careful before we give government greater latitude in shutting down websites.

Still, it’s striking to see what a real attack on Internet freedom looks like.

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